Tonker Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Liberia

Tonker Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tonker Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States281:12,944,962483,512
Liberia71:629,79127,063
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Tonker Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tonker Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Tonker (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻨﻜﺮ, Russian: Тонкер) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tonker? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,100,440th most widely held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 70 percent of Tonker live; 70 percent live in North America and 70 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Tonker is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 12,944,962. In The United States Tonker is primarily concentrated in: Virginia, where 46 percent reside, North Carolina, where 21 percent reside and Ohio, where 14 percent reside. Barring The United States this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 18 percent reside and Australia, where 3 percent reside.

Tonker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Tonker has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Tonker last name grew 2,800 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 86 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tonker Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Tonker surname are 18.2% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 71.43% being registered with the party.

Tonker earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 27.38% less than the national average, earning $31,336 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tonkere9215/
Tongker921/
Tounker920/
Tongkerd86103/
Toonkerd862/
Thongker861/
Tongkear861/
Tanker83390/
Tünker83148/
Tunker8359/
Tonkır8327/
Toncer8326/
Tomker8315/
Tonkir831/
Thongkerd80438/
Thongkert803/
Thongkere802/
Thongkeur801/
Thonhkerd801/
Tongkeart801/
Tankere77132/
Thünker77115/
Thunker7777/
Tanıker7725/
Thanker7711/
Tangker779/
Toncher778/
Tunåker775/
Tankeer771/
T'Anker771/
Tunkere771/
Tuncker770/
Tunkert770/
Toutinkert754/
Thongkeard752/
Tangkere71602/
Tongkird7117/
Toomkerd7114/
Tunkeare718/
Tangkerd712/
Thankerd712/
Tanckere712/
Tongcher712/
Tongkirt711/
Tonchear711/
Tankherd710/
Tuncer6757,662/
Tancer67459/
Tankır67238/
Tankir6757/
Toncre6738/
Tamker6732/
Thongkird678/
Tumker677/
Tunkerová677/
Thongcher675/
Tongkitrd671/
Tunkir671/
Táncer671/
Thungkerd671/

Tonker Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tonker in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺗﻨﻜﺮtnkr-
Tonker in the Russian language
Тонкерtonker-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tonker
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